su·per·vi·sion

(so͞o′pər-vĭzh′ən)

The act, process, or function of supervising. See Synonyms at care.

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Noun

supervision - management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

superintendence, supervising, oversight

management, direction - the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

invigilation - keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating

supervision

noun superintendence, direction, instruction, control, charge, care, management, administration, guidance, surveillance, oversight, auspices, stewardship First-time licence holders have to work under supervision.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

supervision

noun

1. Authoritative control over the affairs of others:

administration, direction, government, management, superintendence.

2. The function of watching, guarding, or overseeing:

care, charge, custody, guardianship, keeping, superintendence, trust.

Translations

مُراقَبَه، مُناظَرَه، إشْراف

dozorvedení

tilsyn

umsjón, eftirlit; verkstjórn

controllo supervisione

nadzor

supervision

[ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒən] N → supervisión f
to work under the supervision of → trabajar bajo la supervisión de

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

supervision

[ˌsuːpə^rˈvɪʒ^ən] n [children, staff] → supervision f; [activity, work] → supervision f; [organization] → supervision f
I was principally concerned with staff supervision → Je m'occupais principalement de la supervision du personnel.
under medical supervision → sous contrôle médical
"only to be taken under medical supervision" → "uniquement sous contrôle médical"

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

supervision

n → Aufsicht f; (= action) → Beaufsichtigung f; (of work) → Überwachung f, → Beaufsichtigung f; under the supervision of → unter der Aufsicht von

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

supervision

[ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒ/ən] n (of activity, process) → supervisione f; (of person) → sorveglianza
under medical supervision → sotto controllo medico

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

supervise

(ˈsuːpəvaiz) verb

to direct, control or be in charge of (work, workers etc). She supervises the typists.

ˌsuperˈvision (-ˈviʒən) noun

the act or work of supervising or state of being supervised. The firm's accounts are under the personal supervision of the manager; These children should have more supervision.

ˈsupervisor noun

a person who supervises.

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When I took my entrance examinations, he was my examiner, and my course was arranged under his supervision.

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But the Pequod was only making a passage now; not regularly cruising; nearly all whaling preparatives needing supervision the mates were fully competent to, so that there was little or nothing, out of himself, to employ or excite Ahab, now; and thus chase away, for that one interval, the clouds that layer upon layer were piled upon his brow, as ever all clouds choose the loftiest peaks to pile themselves upon.

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The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same State, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a similar nature, all those things, in short, which are proper to be provided for by local legislation, can never be desirable cares of a general jurisdiction.

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His every movement is jealously watched by the police till he comes of age and presents himself for inspection; then he is either destroyed, if he is found to exceed the fixed margin of deviation, or else immured in a Government Office as a clerk of the seventh class; prevented from marriage; forced to drudge at an uninteresting occupation for a miserable stipend; obliged to live and board at the office, and to take even his vacation under close supervision; what wonder that human nature, even in the best and purest, is embittered and perverted by such surroundings!"

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I suppose it was something of a compliment for a young fellow to be trusted, apparently without any supervision, by such a commander as Captain S-; though, as far as I can remember, neither the tone, nor the manner, nor yet the drift of Captain S-'s remarks addressed to myself did ever, by the most strained interpretation, imply a favourable opinion of my abilities.

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I used often to compare my own true guineas, half-crowns and shillings with our imitations under the doctor's supervision, and was always amazed at the resemblance.

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The ice-cream was passed around with cake--gold and silver cake arranged on platters in alternate slices; it had been made and frozen during the afternoon back of the kitchen by two black women, under the supervision of Victor.

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On the day following Captain Bonneville's supervision of the industrious and frolicsome community of beavers, of which he has given so edifying an account, he succeeded in extricating himself from the Wind River Mountains, and regaining the plain to the eastward, made a great bend to the south, so as to go round the bases of the mountains, and arrived without further incident of importance, at the old place of rendezvous in Green River valley, on the 17th of September.

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He had under his immediate supervision a corps of workmen, and was assisted by Sir Nathaniel, who had come over for the purpose, and all were now staying at Lesser Hill.

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The superintendent who had supervision over the tele- graph operators on the railroad that went through Winesburg felt that way.

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Tom Loker we left groaning and touzling in a most immaculately clean Quaker bed, under the motherly supervision of Aunt Dorcas, who found him to the full as tractable a patient as a sick bison.

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The Sunday-school children distributed themselves about the house and occupied pews with their par- ents, so as to be under supervision. Aunt Polly came, and Tom and Sid and Mary sat with her -- Tom being placed next the aisle, in order that he might be as far away from the open window and the seductive outside summer scenes as possible.

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